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Wills Wd

Other OS name in the Parish of Shapwick

Historical Forms

  • Willswood Coppice 1848 TA

Etymology

, Willswood Coppice 1848TA , first el . well(a) , WSax  will(a) ' spring, stream ' ; a stream rises here ( 6″ ) .